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Works of Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler; Henry Festing Jones · 1921 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London , Jonathan Cape, 1921-1922. Cloth. A scarce two volume set of works by Samuel Butler, including The Ways of All Flesh and The Note-Books of Samuel Butler. A two volume set of The Way of All Flesh and The Note-Books of Samuel Butler. The Way of All Flesh is a semi-autob...

The Life of Samuel Johnson

James Boswell · 1793 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, Charles Dilly, 1793. Leather. The first two volumes of James Boswell's well-known 18th century biography of author Samuel Johnson, the second edition of this work. The second edition of this well-known biography, revised and augmented.Including Volumes I and II, l...

The Greenwood Hat Being a Memoir of James Anon 1885-1887

J.M. Barrie · 1937 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Peter Davies Limited, 1937. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated memoir written by noted English writer J.M. Barrie, author of 'Peter Pan', enclosed in the original dust wrapper. The only autobiographical work of noted English novelist ...

Doctor Kane of the Arctic Seas by George W. Corner

George W. Corner · 1972 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Philadelphia, Temple University Press, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of the enthralling biography of Arctic explorer, Elisha Kent Krane. A fine first edition in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. George W. Corner"s captivating biography of doctor, naval o...

Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood

Gwen Raverat · 2017 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Folio Society, 2017. Cloth. A lovely Folio Society edition of the celebrated memoir by English wood engraver Gwen Raverat, complete with the original slipcase. Memoirs of Gwent Raverat, English wood engraver, a founder member of the Society of Wood Engravers. Original...

George the Third His Court and Family

[John Galt] · 1821 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

London, Henry Colburn and Co, 1821. Leather. A complete two volume biography of George the Third, including his court and family, illustrated throughout and presented in a half-calf binding. Second 'New Edition', Complete Two Volume Set.Bound in half-calf on marbled ...

The Life of Lord Hill, G.C. B. Late Commander of the Forces

Rev. Edwin Sidney · 1845 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

London, John Murray, 1845. Cloth. The second edition of this biographical work by Rev. Edwin Sidney, charting the life and times of Lord Hill. Rebound in full paper covered boards with refreshed endpapers. A fascinating biography on the life of Lord Hill, the late commander o...

Memoirs of Celebrated Etonians

J. Heneage Jesse · 1875 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1875. First edition. Leather. An interesting work containing the biographies of many notable men who attended Eton College, with notable alumni such as Horace Walpole and George Selwyn. First Edition, in a half-calf binding. This is an interes...

The Story of Napoleon

Harold F. B. Wheeler · 1912 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, George G. Harrap & Company, 1912. Cloth. A smart first edition biography of Napoleon written by Harold Wheeler, illustrated throughout. A first edition, written by Harold F. B. Wheeler.Detailing Napoleon's life from his boyhood through his early successes as offic...

Adam Lindsay Gordon and His Friends in England and Australia

Edith Humphris; Douglas Sladen · 1912 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Constable & Company LTD, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A biography on the British-Australian poet Adam Lindsay Gordon, with various illustrated plates. First edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, sixteen illustrated plates by Adam Lindsay Gordon, and numerous other il...

Epitaph on George Moore

Charles Morgan · 1935 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

London, Macmillan & Co. 1935. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this collection of essays illustrative of George Moore's life by Charles Morgan, complete with the scarce front flyleaf loosely inserted. The first edition of this work. A collection of essays i...

A Sketch of the Career of Richard F. Burton

Alfred Bates Richards; Andrew Wilson; St. Clair Baddeley · 1886 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.74 | ¥137,087)

London, Waterlow & Sons, 1886. Hardback. A sought-after first edition thus of this biographical account of the career of British explorer Richard F. Burton. The first edition thus expanded from the extremely scarce short 1880 A Short Sketch by an 'Old Oxonian,' writt...

Doggin&Apos; Around

Alan Plater · 2006 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Northway Publications, 2006. First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition of Alan Plater's remarkable memoir, with his love of jazz music running throughout. This work was described by its author as the 'memoirs of a jazz-crazed playwright', containi...

Life of Thomas Stothard

Mrs. Bray · 1851 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

London, John Murray, 1851. First edition. Leather. A lovely and insightful first edition into the life of this British painter, richly illustrated throughout from his work. Thomas Stothard was an English painter and illustrator; his illustrations included for 'Robinson Cr...

Memoirs of the Life and Religious Experience of William Lewis, Late of Bristol

William Lewis · 1819 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Bristol, Albion Press, 1819. First edition. Disbound. A scarce first edition memoir by William Lewis, a Quaker of Bristol, this memoir discussing his religious experiences. The first edition of this work.A scarce memoir of the life and religious career of William Lewis.Lewis w...

Animadversions Upon Mr. Phillips&Apos;S History of the Life of Cardinal Pole

Timothy Neve · 1766 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1766. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of Timothy Neve's Church of England attack on Thomas Phillips' life on the Cardinal Reginald Pole. The very scarce first edition of this work.ESTC citation number T71415.Timothy Neve&a...

The Private Papers of Douglas Haig 1914 - 1919

Douglas Haig; Robert Blake · 1952 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.75 | ¥27,417)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1952. First edition. Leather. A half morocco bound first edition, second impression copy of the private papers of Douglas Haig dating from the First World War. The first edition, second impression of this work, printed in the same month as the firs...

Life of James Watt

M Arago · 1839 · Rooke Books

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,858)

Edinburgh, Adam & Charles Black, 1839. Cloth. A second edition copy of M. Arago's memoir on James Watt and history of machinery. A second edition copy of M. Arago's memoir, 'Life of James Watt&apos. James Watt was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and ch...

Sixty Years of an Agitator&Apos;S Life

George Jacob Holyoake · 1892 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. First edition. Cloth. The two volume first edition of English newspaper editor George Holyoake's autobiography. The two volume first edition biography of the man, with frontispiece photogravure portrait, protected by tissue guard, to each vo...

Life of William Blake, &Apos;Pictor Ignotus&Apos;

Alexander Gilchrist · 1863 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.97 | ¥104,397)

London and Cambridge, Macmillan and Co. 1863. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this important biography of poet William Blake, in the publisher's original decorative binding and complete in two volumes. The first volume comprises a biographical account of Blake, a...